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The 144 firms listed in this year’s NCE Contractors File earned a total of £16.4bn in civils turnover in 2008, up a staggering 24% on the £13.3bn of 2007. Find out who the top contractors were in 2008 and who is feeling positive for 2009 inside our File, which offers a unique picture of the UK civil engineering contractor sector, in figures and in our directory section.

Turnover Ranking

2009 Rank	2008 Rank	Firm	Civils Turnover 2009 (£m)	Civils Turnover 2008 (£m)	Overall Turnover 2009 (£m)
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1	1	Balfour Beatty	2,576	2,317	n/a
2	2	Laing O'Rourke	2,149	1,812	4,236
3	4	Carillion	1,400	795	5,206
4	96	Amey	1,174	n/a	1,493
5	3	Galliford Try	1,136	1,066	1,832
6	6	Morgan Est	799	575	799
7	-	BAM Nuttall	650	n/a	650
8	7	Costain Group	620	539	996
9	8	Skanska UK	575	513.9	1,481
10	9	J Murphy & Sons	433	420	455
11	48	VINCI Construction	393	31.9	1,962
12	12	Kier Group	381	246	2,374
13	10	Black & Veatch	347	395	2,237
14	-	Tarmac Limited National Contracting	312.5	n/a	312.5
15	-	Birse Civils	255.09	n/a	255.09
16	-	VolkerFitzpatrick	223	n/a	448
17	13	Clancy Docwra	202	230	202
18	19	Colas Limited	201	120	242
19	11	Sir Robert McAlpine	200	300	1,187
20	17	Interserve Project Services	183	148.3	770.7
21	54	Daniel Contractors	180	22	180
22	18	Barhale Construction	157.7	147	157.7
23	15	North Midland Construction	131	211	202
24	-	Farrans (Construction)	100	n/a	200
25	30	W J Harte Construction	91.23	72	91.23
26	34	RJ McLeod (Contractors)	88.45	66.7	88.45
27	20	Buckingham Group Contracting	85	110	92
28	31	Alun Griffiths Contractors	82	68	82
29	33	VolkerStevin	81.6	67.7	81.6
30	24	JN Bentley	79.7	95.6	95
31	38	John Graham (Dromore)	75	58	218
32	27	Jackson Civil Engineering	74	84	74
33	35	Dyer & Butler	72.3	63	72.3
34	32	Ascot Environmental	68	68	68
35	26	J Breheny Contractors	68	84.6	68
36	39	Raynesway Construction	65	54.2	65
37	-	BEAR Scotland	50	n/a	50
38	-	Van Elle	47	n/a	47
39	42	DCT Civil Engineering	44	38.09	44
40	-	Osborne	41	n/a	303.6
41	-	Hydrock Group	40.6	n/a	52.1
42	-	Lagan Construction	40	n/a	150
43	-	Luddon Construction	36	n/a	42.8
44	45	A E Yates	35.2	33.4	35.2
45	47	George Leslie	35.1	31.97	35.1
46	49	J. Browne Construction Company	34.67	30.6	34.67
47	-	Rok Civil Engineering	34.2	n/a	34.2
48	62	I & H Brown Limited	32.01	17.97	37.52
49	-	Leiths (Scotland)	29	n/a	58
50	-	CJ Haughey Construction	28	n/a	28
51	-	Hall Construction Services	28	n/a	54
52	61	Highland Quality Construction	26	18.7	26
53	59	Eric Wright Civil Engineering	25.1	19.9	25.1
54	53	Cheetham Hill Construction	25	24.15	25
55	-	Entec UK	25	n/a	61
56	60	Fitzgerald Contractors	24.92	19.7	24.93
57	-	Byzak Limited	24.13	n/a	40.22
58	55	UCS Civils	24	22	24
59	56	Seymour Civil Engineering Contractors	23.52	21.1	23.52
60	103	Land Engineering (Scotland)	23	n/a	38.2
61	-	South West Highways	23	n/a	85
62	46	Forkers	21.8	32	21.8
63	43	Walters UK	21.55	34.76	21.55
64	-	J T Mackley & Co	21	n/a	21
65	66	Ashridge Construction	20	13.4	20
66	67	Dew Construction (Oldham)	19.52	13.29	19.52
67	-	Lewis Civil Engineering	18.3	n/a	22.04
68	-	Marshall Construction	18	n/a	39
69	57	Raymond Brown Construction	18	21	38.9
70	-	Pennant Civil Engineering	15.54	n/a	15.54
71	63	RJT Excavations	15.41	17.08	15.41
72	100	D Morgan	15.1	n/a	22.5
73	-	Concrete Repairs	15	n/a	25.4
74	65	Provian Construction	14.57	14	30.44
75	-	Bethell Construction	14.1	n/a	76
76	-	Crummock (Scotland)	13.3	n/a	13.3
77	-	D&E Mackay (Contractors)	12.6	n/a	12.6
78	68	The ERDC Group	12.4	13	16.8
79	-	Jones Brothers (Henllan)	12.3	n/a	12.3
80	-	Owen Pugh Contracts	10.8	n/a	10.8
81	69	Alpha Construction	10.56	12.93	10.56
82	-	HBS Construction	10	n/a	20
83	82	UBC Group	10	5	35.74
84	-	Kilmac Construction	9.6	n/a	9.6
85	114	Thomas Bow Group	9.4	n/a	9.4
86	-	Briggs Marine Contractors	8	n/a	45
87	-	Wyn Construction	8	n/a	8
88	-	YJL Infrastructure	8	n/a	8
89	98	CHAP Civil Engineering	7.4	n/a	7.4
90	78	Ritchie Brothers (Scotland)	7.24	7	7.24
91	-	Erith Group	6.2	n/a	61.5
92	-	Clachan Construction	6.02	n/a	18.1
93	107	Mayfield Construction Co.	6	n/a	22
94	-	Ross Shire Engineering	6	n/a	19
95	-	Earlshill Construction	5	n/a	5
96	-	Kelburne Construction	5	n/a	5
97	-	Pat Munro (Alness)	4.55	n/a	17.92
98	-	Underground Moling Services	4.25	n/a	4.25
99	-	Global Construction (Scotland)	4	n/a	9
100	83	Currall Lewis and Martin (Construction)	3.5	4.2	4.2
101	90	James Strang Limited	3.08	2.5	6.36
102	-	Carnon Contracting	3	n/a	10
103	86	Young Bros	3	4	4
104	95	Admor Civil Engineering	2.7	1.35	2.7
105	93	Omnis Construction	2.1	1.9	2.5
106	-	Bridge Civil Engineering	2	n/a	2
107	-	Civil Solutions (North West)	2	n/a	2
108	-	Coopers Civil Engineering	2	n/a	2
109	-	J & J E Contractors	2	n/a	2
110	111	Rodger (Builders)	1.99	n/a	4.86
111	-	Colin Brisoe Construction	1.9	n/a	2.1
112	-	Discovery Drilling	1.9	n/a	1.9
113	-	Engage Construction	1.5	n/a	1.5
114	-	Mansefield Construction	1.5	n/a	1.5
115	-	Birch Brothers (Kidderminster)	1.29	n/a	1.29
116	-	On-site Civils	1.1	n/a	1.1
117	-	Tusk Plant & Civil Enginering	0.75	n/a	0.75
118	-	Lawson Construction	0.6	n/a	0.6
119	-	Classic Masonry	0.5	n/a	2.2
120	-	Aspin Group	0.4	n/a	8.4
121	-	Equipe Training	0.25	n/a	n/a
122	-	A R Beattie Construction Services	n/a	n/a	n/a
123	-	BAM Ritchies	n/a	n/a	45
124	-	Bardon Hebrides	n/a	n/a	n/a
125	97	C A Blackwell(Contracts)	n/a	n/a	76.5
126	-	Cleshar Contract Services	n/a	n/a	n/a
127	-	Edburton Contractors	n/a	n/a	6.6
128	101	FJ Goodwin & Sons (Manchester)	n/a	n/a	n/a
129	58	Fox (Owmby)	n/a	20.9	n/a
130	-	Gtek Construction	n/a	n/a	12
131	36	Hewlett Civil Engineering	n/a	62	n/a
132	-	MacLean Ardgay	n/a	n/a	2.3
133	-	Markon Ltd Road Marking Contractors	n/a	n/a	n/a
134	106	May Gurney	n/a	n/a	470.3
135	-	McPhillips (Wellington)	n/a	n/a	35
136	-	MTM Construction	n/a	n/a	n/a
137	-	MWT Civil Engineering	n/a	n/a	n/a
138	-	Power Lines, Pipes & Cables	n/a	n/a	2.21
139	-	R. Lindsay & Co (Contractors)	n/a	n/a	n/a
140	-	Rocklift Limited	n/a	n/a	n/a
141	23	Roger Bullivant	n/a	100	n/a
142	113	Storie (Argyll) Limited	n/a	n/a	n/a
143	-	Tamdown Group	n/a	n/a	72
144	-	TRAC Engineering	n/a	n/a	n/a

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